Michael McGeagh, senior software engineer of media processing division with ARM, demonstrated how these devices work in sync with ARM-based SOCs to render and play back pixel-heavy 1080p video and graphic images in great details.
What came first was IP TV set-top-box that runs on XBMC open software. XBMC is a sort of media player software, which supports all of OSes like Android and Windows.
Thumb PC on USB dongle
Based on ARM Cortex-A9 dual-core processor and Mali quad-core 400 GPU, its built-in SOC performed 1080p video decoding and UI, or user interface processing.
An USB-type stick PC dongle caught eyes, too. Built with the ARM Cortex A9 dual core CPU and Mali 400 quad-core GPU, the stick PC was made by FXI Technologies, a spin-off from Falanx Microsystems AS, which was acquired by ARM.
The stick PC has a HDMI interface to plug into any devices like TVs and monitors. And, it has a built-in Wi-Fi transceivers and a micro USB slot for peripherals such as a keyboard, a mouse, and game pad. It runs on Linux, or Android.
ARM also demonstrated that LG's Xnote tablet PC was playing back Timbuktu 2 game apps, showing advanced OpenGL 3.0 API technique. Its built-in SOC incorporates Cortex-A15 dual-core CPU and T604 Mali GPU.
Samsung’s flagship smartphones -Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note were on display to show off ARM’s GPU and CPU power.
